EP0693017A1 - Laser cutter - Google Patents
Laser cutterInfo
- Publication number
- EP0693017A1 EP0693017A1 EP94912023A EP94912023A EP0693017A1 EP 0693017 A1 EP0693017 A1 EP 0693017A1 EP 94912023 A EP94912023 A EP 94912023A EP 94912023 A EP94912023 A EP 94912023A EP 0693017 A1 EP0693017 A1 EP 0693017A1
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- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- laser
- cut
- computer
- pattern
- cutting
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- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
- B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
- B26D5/00—Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
- B26D5/007—Control means comprising cameras, vision or image processing systems
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
- B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
- B23K26/08—Devices involving relative movement between laser beam and workpiece
- B23K26/083—Devices involving movement of the workpiece in at least one axial direction
- B23K26/0838—Devices involving movement of the workpiece in at least one axial direction by using an endless conveyor belt
- B23K26/0846—Devices involving movement of the workpiece in at least one axial direction by using an endless conveyor belt for moving elongated workpieces longitudinally, e.g. wire or strip material
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
- B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
- B26D5/00—Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
- B26D5/005—Computer numerical control means
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
- B26F—PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; SEVERING BY MEANS OTHER THAN CUTTING
- B26F1/00—Perforating; Punching; Cutting-out; Stamping-out; Apparatus therefor
- B26F1/38—Cutting-out; Stamping-out
- B26F1/3806—Cutting-out; Stamping-out wherein relative movements of tool head and work during cutting have a component tangential to the work surface
Definitions
- the invention relates to a laser cutting machine for cutting out shapes in fabrics, particularly shapes for making up into clothing garments.
- Lasers are popular in this field as they can be used under computer control to give a clear and accurate cut which, in the case of artificial fabrics, will not fray.
- a sheet of fabric is laid out on a flat cutting table above which a laser is supported in a support frame.
- the laser in its support frame is movable along two mutually perpendicular axes, and so can be made to describe, and therefore cut, any desired 2-dimensional shape in the material.
- the fabric must be laid flat on the table, cut, and then removed. This limits the speed of the operation, as the machine cannot be worked continuously, and also places a limitation on the sizes of fabrics which can be cut using the apparatus.
- the area of the table is generally about 3m x 3m and smaller cut pieces of fabric are easily mislaid during their removal.
- the sheer size of the apparatus causes other problems.
- the area that must be made available in a factory for the machine is even larger than the size of the cutting table.
- This extra space is required by the frame on which the laser is supported. The laser sits firm on its frame, which is moved from side to side and to and fro, to cause the movement of the laser according to a chosen pattern. Space must therefore be provided for the extension of the frame beyond the cutting table, when the laser is positioned close to the edge of this table.
- a second prior art laser cutter is similar to that already described, except that the cutting table is moved around instead of the laser, which is kept stationary. In this case the cutting table is freely moveable along two mutually perpendicular axes so that any desired shape of garment may be cut. In such a cutter, the problems of moving the bulky laser and is overhead support frame are eliminated, but the cutting table is also very bulky and new problems are created when trying to move it around. In addition, the other drawbacks discussed with reference to the first prior art cutter, such as health and safety consideration and factory space, apply equally to this second cutter.
- the invention provides a laser cutter comprising: a laser and optionally a colli ator mounted in a fixed frame for producing a static laser beam,- material support means parallel to but spaced from the static laser beam for supporting sheet material to be
- bi-directional material feed means for moving the material in a controlled manner transversely of the material support means; reflecting and focusing means for deflecting the laser beam onto material supported by the support means and focusing the beam on the material to cut it; and a guide head for the reflecting and focusing means, movable longitudinally parallel to the material support means for moving the focus point of the beam longitudinally of the material support means in synchronism with movement of the material under the control of the bi-directional material feed means, to cut the material in a desired pattern.
- the use of such a cutter does not necessitate the movement of the entire laser and optional collimator to cut a pattern in the material.
- the laser is stationary, with its beam being directed so that it runs alongside or above, and parallel to, the material to be cut.
- the beam can then be intercepted by the mobile reflecting and focusing means, which is movable to and fro along the direction of the laser beam, and which focuses the beam on the material beside or beneath it.
- This movement of the focusing means enables the point of focus, or cutting point, of the laser to be moved freely along a line of material while the bulky laser and optional collimator are left stationary.
- Movement of the reflecting and focusing means of course only provides movement of the cutting point in one dimension, along one particular line of material.
- further relative movement of the material and the cutting point preferably in a direction perpendicular to the movement of the focusing means. This is achieved by moving the material transversely to the -direction of movement of the focusing means, using bi-directional material feed means, so that the particular line of material along which the cutting point can travel is not fixed but variable.
- the material support means is an idler roller over which the material is drawn
- the bi-directional material feed means comprise a supply roller and take-up roller for the sheet material, and means (such as a pair of pinch rollers) for transferring the material from the supply roller to the take-up roller and vice versa over the idler roller.
- the size of the whole apparatus is therefore substantially reduced, and many of the problems associated with prior art cutters are eliminated.
- the zone to which access must be prevented during laser operation is confined to two linear regions one on each side of the material support means.
- the problem of the overhead frame swinging out during laser movement is no longer present, since the laser is stationary and only the reflecting and focusing means move.
- the movement of the focusing means, and the action of the material feed means is generally controlled by a computer.
- This can receive data relating to a garment to be made, from which information it may calculate the sizes and shapes of the pieces necessary to make up the garment, and the optimum arrangement of these pieces on a run of material.
- the user may participate in the preparation of the cutting plan, if he has particular preferences, or may leave the computer to carry out the whole process.
- the computer is then able to translate the garment information into movement commands to be sent to the material feed means and the focusing means, so that the cutting of garment pieces may begin.
- the invention as described above is the subject of US Patent No. 5262612 which was first published on 1993 November 16, and permits the cutting of the sheet material in a desired pattern where that pattern is created first on paper and then transferred to a computer memory, or created within computer memory by means of a CAD program.
- the present invention also provides a modification of the above basic apparatus and method which permits the laser cutter to cut around shapes or patterns marked on the sheet material itself, in a novel and inventive manner.
- the guide head which mounts the reflecting and focusing means also mounts an optical sensor capable of recognizing a shape or pattern on sheet material supported by the material support ' means, and the movement of the guide head, the movement of the bi-directional feed means and the activation of the laser are all under the control of a computer which receives as input the output of the optical sensor.
- the computer has two working modes: scan and cut. In the scan mode the laser is turned off, and the guide head and bi-directional feed means are actuated in synchronism so that the optical sensor scans the shape or pattern on the sheet material. Still in the scan mode, the computer creates in memory a model of the desired pattern to be cut in the sheet material, and a desired cutting path, matched to the shape or pattern on the sheet material.
- this desired pattern can be displayed on a computer screen, and an opportunity allowed for an operator to review or modify the pattern before the computer enters its cut mode.
- the computer controls the laser in synchronism with the guide head and bi-directional feed means to cut the material in the desired cutting path.
- the shape or pattern on the sheet material may be a shape or pattern of marks on the sheet material or of the edge of a useful portion of the sheet material.
- the laser cutter of the invention can be used to cut leather for the footwear or clothing industry. A complete skin or a number of skins of leather is supported on an adhesive backing paper and presented to the laser cutter on a roll. In the scan mode, the laser cutter identifies the edges of the leather skins. If the optical sensor if sufficiently sensitive, the same scan mode can also analyze the quality of the skins, identifying the location of marks, holes or blemishes which would make individual skin areas unsuitable for particular applications but suitable for others. The computer analysis would then match the range of shapes to be cut to the available skin area and would select the best cutting pattern. Finally in the cutting mode the laser would be focussed to cut through the leather of the skins but not the backing paper, cutting around the outlines of the desired shapes. At the end of the process, individual shapes could be peeled off the backing paper as needed.
- the shape or pattern could alternatively be a shape or pattern applied to the sheet material to be cut either during or after its manufacture.
- a predefined desired cutting pattern could be accurately aligned with the pattern of the fabric or with specific target marks on the fabric in the scan mode, prior to the cut mode.
- the above modification enables the laser cutter of the invention actually to create the desired cutting path in computer memory so as to follow the shape or pattern on the sheet material.
- the computer preferably analyzes the signals received from the optical sensor and using shape recognition and/or shape enhancement algorithms or programs there is constructed, in computer memory, a model of the desired pattern to be cut in the sheet material.
- the above modification greatly extends the use of the laser cutter of the invention, and permits the cutting out of shapes that have been pre-printed onto or embroidered or woven into the material, without the cutter necessarily following errors or deviations in the outlines of the printed embroidered or woven shapes.
- Fig.l is a schematic side view of a laser cutter according to the invention.
- Fig.2 is a cross section of the laser cutter of Fig.l viewed in the direction X-X.
- Fig.3 is a schematic side view of a laser cutter according to a modification of the invention.
- Fig.4 is a flow chart of the seiquence of actions, using the laser cutter of Fig.3, required to cut a desired pattern from sheet material.
- a laser 1 and collimator 2 produce a laser beam 11.
- the beam 11 is deflected by a mirror 3 to run above and parallel to an aluminium roller 4 on which material is supported.
- a rail 10 running above and parallel to the aluminium roller 4 is a rail 10 on which a guide head 17, together with reflecting and focusing means comprising a mirror 8 and a lens 9 are movably mounted.
- the reflecting and focusing means are positioned so that the laser beam 11 hits the mirror 8, and is deflected through che lens 9 which focuses the beam on the material supported by the roller 4.
- the point of focus, and therefore the cutting point of the beam may be positioned anywhere on the line of material resting on the apex of the roller 4.
- a material feed means comprising a pinch wheel 6 and a knurled roller 5. Sheet material is gripped between these two wheels and fed, by their rotation, towards or away from the aluminium roller 4. Hence the particular line of material on the roller's apex, i.e. the material which may be cut, is altered.
- the sheet material is a textile fabric but in that case it is preferably backed on to stiff paper or a similar backing sheet, so that it may easily be pushed into or pulled away from the cutting position on the aluminium roller 4.
- the laser beam is focused just above the backing sheet, so that the textile fabric is cut but the backing sheet left intact.
- the laser 1 is of relatively low power and produces a beam which does not cause any burning of the fabric, although for artificial fabrics, a slight melting of the cut edge is allowed to prevent fraying.
- the sheet material being cut is constantly cooled and cleaned by an airflow system 13.
- This includes blowing and sucking tubes mounted on the cutting head which together establish a high speed flow of cold air over the cutting area. This airflow sucks away fluff and residue, at the same time as keeping the whole area cool. This enables a very clean, sharp cut to be produced in the sheet material.
- the machine is controlled by a microprocessor 14 connected to a keyboard 15 and a display screen 16.
- the keyboard 15 allows the user to type in data relating to the garment to be made. This information may consist of a person's measurements for instance, and the computer may then allow the user to choose a garment from a selection of styles held in memory. Once the data has been entered and the choice made, the computer calculates the sizes and shapes of all the pieces necessary to make up the chosen garment. It may then work out the most economical way of fitting them on to a particular piece of material, possibly taking into account material pattern or weave direction. Alternatively, the user may opt to view the garment pieces on the screen 16, and do this arranging himself via the keyboard 15 or via a mouse. Once the user is happy with the garment pieces and their orientation, the computer translates the garment information into movement control signals for the material feed means and the reflecting and focusing means. These are sent on command to the laser cutter, and cutting of the material, according to the chosen pattern, takes place automatically.
- an optical sensor 30 such as a lightweight miniature camera, is attached to the guide head 17 alongside the mirror 8 and lens 9.
- the optical sensor 30 can recognize marks on the sheet material passing over the roller 4, and delivers its output over a line 31 to a computer 32.
- the computer 32 operates in scan and cut modes. In the scan mode it sends drive signals over a line 33 to move the guide head 17 reciprocally along the rail 10 while simultaneously controlling the material feed means to complete an optical scan of the pattern marked on the sheet material. The results of the scan are passed back to the computer over the line 31.
- the computer 32 is programmed to analyze the scan results to construct a computer image of the pattern marked on the sheet material.
- the program includes image recognition and image enhancement algorithms, permitting the computer to make an intelligent assessment of the desired shape or pattern to be cut from the sheet material. If desired, an operator-assisted phase can be included at this stage to permit the pattern to be displayed on the computer screen and modified before the computer is set into its cut mode.
- the computer 32 controls the laser cutter over the line 33 to guide the laser beam around the periphery of the pattern to be cut.
- the result is a substantially smoother and cleaner line of cut than if the scanning and laser cutting were performed simultaneously.
- Figure 4 is a flow chart illustrating the above operating sequence.
- Box 40 indicates initiation of the scan mode of the computer 32, which in box 41 causes the computer to generate instructions for moving the guide head 17 and the material feed means so that the guide head 17 moves over the whole of the surface of the sheet material.
- Box 42 indicates the sensing by the optical sensor 30 of the pattern marked on the surface of the sheet material, the output of the sensor 30 being transmitted back to the computer over line 31 as indicated in box 43.
- image recognition and optionally image enhancement algorithms are used at 44 to generate a computer image of the desired cutting pattern, and the scan mode of the computer is preferably interactive with the image recognition algorithm so that any portion of the marked pattern which is not recognized with certainty can be re-scanned as indicated at 45.
- Box 48 illustrates the cut mode, in which the computer 32 drives the laser cutter to cut the desired shape or pattern.
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